Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:32:40 +0100 From: Godwin Stewart <gstewart@bonivet.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 (rl) very poor performance Message-ID: <20050120183240.44512515.gstewart@bonivet.net> In-Reply-To: <200501201708.j0KH8GIq038799@alpha.VL7.net> References: <200501201630.04506.imobachgs@banot.net> <200501201708.j0KH8GIq038799@alpha.VL7.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:08:16 -0500 (EST), Vladimir Pianykh <vlad@alpha.VL7.net> wrote: > I had some problems with "rl" cards with "auto" media. You're probably not the only one. Note this comment from sys/pci/if_rl.c /* * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master * DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance * gains that bus-master DMA usually offers. - -- G. Stewart - gstewart@bonivet.net Sign spotted outside a second hand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB7+s4K5oiGLo9AcYRAhFnAJwMVwWjqVG9GgvD4uqqx2kotqB8aACcD7N4 64wIPwIEKgzzQmJgdMn58UU= =17Dp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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